# Viktor Butenko
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{{short description|Russian discus thrower}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Viktor Butenko
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|03|10|df=y}}
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| sport = [Athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))
| event = [Discus throw](/source/Discus_throw)
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{{Medal|Competition|[Military World Games](/source/Military_World_Games)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2019 Wuhan](/source/2019_Military_World_Games)|Discus throw}}
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'''Viktor Aleksandrovich Butenko''' ({{langx|ru|Виктор Александрович Бутенко}}; born 10 March 1993) is a Russian [track and field](/source/track_and_field) athlete competing in the [discus throw](/source/discus_throw). He holds a personal best of {{T&Fcalc|65.97}}, set in 2013.[Maryanchik, Natalia (2013-05-27). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/special-k-stars-at-the-russian-team-champions Kupina, Koneva and Klishina star at the Russian Team Champs]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.] He represented the host nation at the [2013 World Championships in Athletics](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), finishing eighth.[[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/russia/victor-butenko-263518 Viktor Butenko]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.] He was born in [Stavropol](/source/Stavropol).[[http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=b/athlete=148742-butenko-viktor/index.html Viktor Butenko]. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.]
He was a finalist at the [2014 European Athletics Championships](/source/2014_European_Athletics_Championships), placing fifth. Among his other honours are a win at the [European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/European_Cup_Winter_Throwing) at a bronze at the [European Team Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Team_Championships) in 2014.[[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/443926 Viktor Butenko]. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.]
He was the winner at the [Russian Athletics Championships](/source/Russian_Athletics_Championships) in 2016.[[http://eng.rusathletics.com/sbo/athletes.7401.htm Butenko Viktor]. RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.] However, he was suspended from international competition in 2016 due to an overarching ban on the [All-Russia Athletic Federation](/source/All-Russia_Athletic_Federation) as a response to doping.[[http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=73e3ef68-dee7-4af0-a487-1dd63050693a.pdf&urlslug=Russian%20athletes%20who%20are%20ineligible%20for%20international%20competition%20during%20suspension%20of%20ARAF RUSSIAN ATHLETES INELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS DURING THE SUSPENSION OF THE ALL RUSSIAN ATHLETICS FEDERATION (ARAF)]. IAAF (2016). Retrieved on 2016-07-31.]
==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|2011
|[European Junior Championships](/source/2011_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships)
|[Tallinn](/source/Tallinn), Estonia
|6th
|Discus throw
|58.45 m
|-
|2012
|[World Junior Championships](/source/2012_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Barcelona](/source/Barcelona), Spain
|4th
|[Discus throw](/source/2012_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_discus_throw)
|61.48 m
|-
|rowspan=4|2013
|[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2013_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing)
|[Castellón de la Plana](/source/Castell%C3%B3n_de_la_Plana), Spain
|5th
|Discus throw (U23)
|59.86 m
|-
|[European Team Championships](/source/2013_European_Team_Championships_Super_League)
|[Gateshead](/source/Gateshead), United Kingdom
|11th
|Discus throw
|51.96 m
|-
|[European U23 Championships](/source/2013_European_Athletics_U23_Championships)
|[Tampere](/source/Tampere), Finland
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[Discus throw](/source/2013_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_discus_throw)
|62.27 m
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Moscow](/source/Moscow), Russia
|8th
|[Discus throw](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_discus_throw)
|63.38 m
|-
|rowspan=4|2014
|[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2014_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing)
|[Leiria](/source/Leiria), Portugal
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Discus throw
|64.38 m
|-
|[European Team Championships](/source/2014_European_Team_Championships_Super_League)
|[Braunschweig](/source/Braunschweig), Germany
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Discus throw
|62.81 m
|-
|[European Championships](/source/2014_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich), Switzerland
|5th
|[Discus throw](/source/2014_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_discus_throw)
|62.80 m
|-
|[DecaNation](/source/DecaNation)
|[Angers](/source/Angers), France
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Discus throw
|62.54 m
|-
|2015
|[European Cup Winter Throwing](/source/2015_European_Cup_Winter_Throwing)
|[Leiria](/source/Leiria), Portugal
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Discus throw
|65.44 m
|-
|2017
|[World Championships](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[London](/source/London), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
|23rd (q)
|[Discus throw](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_discus_throw)
|59.29 m
|-
|2018
|[European Championships](/source/2018_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Berlin, Germany](/source/Berlin%2C_Germany)
|9th
|[Discus throw](/source/2018_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_discus_throw)
|62.24 m
|}
==National titles==
*[Russian Athletics Championships](/source/Russian_Athletics_Championships)
**Discus throw: 2016
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
{{Russian Athletics Championships men's discus throw champions}}
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Category:Living people
Category:1993 births
Category:Sportspeople from Stavropol
Category:Russian men discus throwers
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
Category:Authorised Neutral Athletes at the World Athletics Championships
Category:Russian Athletics Championships winners
Category:Military World Games bronze medalists for Russia
Category:Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen
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